File #: 2016-0112    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 2/16/2016 In control: Metropolitan King County Council
On agenda: Final action: 2/16/2016
Enactment date: Enactment #: 18235
Title: AN ORDINANCE related to the appointment of the director of the office of law enforcement oversight; amending Ordinance 15611, Section 4, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.75.030; and declaring an emergency.
Sponsors: Larry Gossett
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 18235.pdf, 2. staff report.pdf
Drafter
Clerk 02/11/2016
Title
AN ORDINANCE related to the appointment of the director of the office of law enforcement oversight; amending Ordinance 15611, Section 4, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.75.030; and declaring an emergency.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. Section 265 of the King County Charter, which was approved by the voters in November 2015, provides in part that the King County office of law enforcement oversight "shall have a director who is appointed by a majority of the county council to serve a term of four years and until a successor is appointed."
B. K.C.C. 2.75.030 prescribes, among other things, the process for appointment and removal of the director of the office of law enforcement oversight.
C. K.C.C. 2.75.030.A. currently provides in part: "The director shall be appointed by the executive and confirmed by the council." This provision was adopted before Section 265 of the King County Charter and is inconsistent with Section 265 of the King County Charter.
D. K.C.C. 2.75.030.B. currently provides in part: "Candidates for appointment shall be selected by a committee of five members that shall recommend three candidates for the director position to the executive, one of which must be selected." This provision, too, was adopted before Section 265 of the King County Charter and is inconsistent with Section 265 of the King County Charter in that K.C.C. 2.75.030.B. assumes that the selection committee's recommendation will be made to the executive, rather than the council.
E. The recommendation of candidates for appointment to fill the current vacancy in the position of director of the office of law enforcement oversight is imminent. Therefore, to support an existing county office, it is urgent that the provisions of K.C.C. 2.75.030 that are referred to in subsections C. and D. of this section be amended to conform to Section 265 of the King County Charter.
SECTION 2. Ordinanc...

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